Understanding Wordbooks

The Gypsy board has become as addicting to me as coffee. I just have to go there and see what all the talented gals are doing . While dropping there today I came across a question of what's  a wordbook & how to construct it.
So I decided to tackle the "what" side of question. I originally made slides but decided to post pictures instead of loading in youtube. Don't blame me. I'm a Scrap booker. Love playing with pictures than videos.
Here are the pictures/slides

After constructing the basic framework/skeleton/template usually  with a chipboard you proceed to decorate by pasting decorative papers on top and then add  pictures, embellishments, tags, library pockets etc.just like a regular scrapbookpage and then bind it all with either book rings, binding combs or even just  ribbons.

Before adding the decorative elements, it is would be a wise precaution to decide first where on the page you want to bind, so that you can leave the appropriate margin  for the punch holes and then proceed adding your decorations. You do not want to open a page and see the punch hole right through your favorite picture!!. believe me ! This has happened to the best of us. We get so carried away designing and decorating away and letting the creative juices flow that we forget mundane things as a punch hole and leaving binding margin for the page that before you know it cluckk!! a hole through our favorite picture or our tag!!!

So ponder over it and start a project. I will soon show you on  video how to design both types of wordbooks with a gypsy.